Improvement in saddle-pieces for seams of boots and shoes



n. A. SU'IHERLAND. SADDLE-PIECES FOR SEAMS 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

194,011. Pa.ten ted Aug. 7,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT (DEEIOE.

DANIEL A. SUTHERLAND, 0E LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR ro'EIMsE E ANDJOSEPH N.. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE-PIECES FOR SEAMS OF BOOTS AND SHOES Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 194,01 1, dated August 7, 1877;application filed July 6, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL A. SUTHER- LAND, of Lynn, in the county ofEssex and- State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improved Saddle-Piece for Seams of Boots or Shoes, of which thefollowing is a specification This invention relates to a new andimproved stay or saddle piece for seams of boots and shoes, andparticularly pertains to the production of stay or saddle piecessubstantially such as described and shown in the schedule annexed to thereissue Letters Patent issued to Daniel A. Sutherland, of Lynn,Massachusetts, assignor to himself and Joseph N. Smith, dated February13, 1877, No. 7,510, as to havingchannels or depressions for removingthe stitches from wear and friction, and other purposes, as thereinstated, and substantially differing therefrom in the form of the strip,the finish of its edges, 860., which differences make up the features ofthe present invention, as will hereinafter. fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an inside view; Fig. 2, anoutside View; Fig. 3, a cross;section of a portion of a ladys bootupper,showing my improved stay or saddle piece attached; and Figs. 4, 5, and6, sections on an enlarged scale of the stay or saddle piece detached.

In the drawings, Arepresents my improved stay or saddle piece. Thissaddle-piece A is composed of a flat strip or ribbon, a, of thinleather, or other proper material, and this strip is of suitable widthto sufficiently lap over and to be stitched to the leather at each sideof the seam of the boot or shoe which it is to straddle, and there toactas a stay thereto.

The strip win its width and along its length, and on one side or surfaceb, has parallel corrugations or grooves c c, spaced ac cording to thedistance which the two lines of stitches are to be apart, by which thestrip is to be fastened to the boot or shoe, and it has its two edges,01 (1, formed by pressure or otherwise, so as to give a neat andfinished appearance thereto.

In addition to the above the strip a has a channel or groove, f, alongits length and upon its side or surface g, which is opposite to its sideI) having the grooves or channels 0 c,- and the groove f is in thecentral portion of the strip a, between the positions of its two groovesc c.

The strip a is placed'with its side 9 over the seam of the boot or shoewhich it is to straddle and stay, and is thus so placed as to have theturned-in portions h of the two parts of the leather B of said seam liein and along the groove f of the side of the strip, and then the strip,in any suitable manner, by a sewingmachine or otherwise, is fastened insuch position by sewing it along and in the spaces of the corrugationsor grooves c c on its then outer side.

The edges of the strip a may be cut square, as shown in Fig. 6 at l,-but I prefer to round or bevel them ofl', as shown at m, Figs. 4 and 5,respectively, by which the edges are finished, as heretofore referred toby me. This finish is best accomplished by pressing and forcing theleather at the edge of the strip, so that the surface b of the leatherstrip will extend around the edge d, thereby giving a surface finish, asit were, to the edge of the strip.

' By such finish all sharp corners or edges are removed, and a superior,neater, and more finished appearance is given to the stay-pieces, as isobvious.

This improved stay-piece has all the advantages of the ,stay-piece ofthe aforesaid Letters Patent, and in addition thereto the furtheradvantages of requiringless stock for its manufacture, and having acapability to be laid more compactly and smoothly upon the boot orshoe'when applied thereto, as injmy said patent referred to the edges ofthe strips are folded inward upon themselves, and thereby a neat finish,as I now accomplish, cannot be procured.

The grooves and channels of the stay-piece herein described, as well asits finished edges d, may he produced by hand or otherwise, as

is well known.

The edges h of the leather can be turned in the opposite direction tothat shown in Fig. 3, if desired; but the method shown and described ispreferable.

Having thus'described my invention, what I I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. A stay-piece for seams of boots or shoes, &c., consisting of a flatstrip or ribbon of leather or other suitable material, having thegrooves or channels 0 c, and either square or finished edges d of asingle thickness, all as described, for the purpose specified.

2. A stay-piece for seams of boots and shoes, &c., consisting of a flatstrip or ribbon of leather or other suitable material, having grooves orchannels 0 c on one side, and a groove, f, on the other, and eithersquare or finished edges d of a single thickness, all substantially asdescribed, for the purpose specified.

' D. A. SUTHERLAND. Witnesses:

EDWIN W. BROWN,

J. N. SMITH.

